David Hare
Playwright and screenwriter
It will be great if the plays stay funny.
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
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Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
Well, the best thing I ever did was marrying Rosalynn. That's the pinnacle of my life. And we've had 69 years together. Still together. And so that's the best thing that happened to me. But I think getting involved in politics and going up, you know, as a state senator, then governor, and then president of the United States is, obviously a glorious event. So - and we have a growing family. We have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren now and they're coming every year. So - so we have a good, harmonious family.
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News conference at the Carter Center, Atlanta, as transcribed by CNN, 20 August 2015
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Felicity Jones
British actress
Kind, funny, alive.
Judy Murray
Scottish tennis coach
Firm, fair, fun.
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When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
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Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.
Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
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